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"I was trying to figure out what makes a department important to a university," explains Lane. "It's not enough to add value anymore."

So Lane suggested a merger.

The graphics program had recently been moved from ASU's main campus to ASU East, 25 miles away. The department had a brand new 14,000-square-foot building complete with computer infrastructure. However, it lacked the printing equipment needed to print the jobs being created.